Removing and installing footwell vent air ducts for 2nd row of seats — VW
Removing and installing footwell vent air ducts for 2nd row of seats on VW: 11 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Sharan II / SEAT Alhambra (7N, 2010–)
📋 Procedure
- Disconnect battery Electrical system27.
- Remove driver and front passenger seats General body repair, interior72.
- Remove centre console General body repair, interior68.
- Remove cover for foot support General body repair, interior68.
- Release carpet in footwell.
- Fold carpet back, to rear, until the air ducts are completely visible.
- Release air ducts (1 and 2) from floor, then pull off of heater air conditioning unit.
- Fit air ducts (angled slightly) on heater and air conditioning unit.
- Clip air ducts onto floor.
- Check air ducts are seated correctly on heater and air conditioning unit.
- The remaining steps for installation are carried out in reverse order.
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- Adjusting valve timing – VW Passat B5 · 83 torque figures
- Removing and installing camshafts – VW Passat B6 · 39 torque figures
- Removing and installing coolant pump · 53 torque figures
- Checking engine operating mode
- Checking driving characteristics after a cold start
- Matching engine control unit to throttle valve control part
- Checking air conditioner compressor signal
- Servicing injection pump
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TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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